US reimposes some sanctions after Venezuela bans presidential hopeful | News

US reimposes some sanctions after Venezuela bans presidential hopeful | News

Venezuela’s Supreme Court upheld a 15-year ban on opposition leader Maria Corina Machado holding public office. The United States has begun reimposing sanctions on Venezuela by restricting its mining sector after the South American nation’s top court upheld the disqualification of an opposition presidential hopeful. Any US companies doing business…

Qatar’s prime minister in US for Gaza truce negotiations | Israel War on Gaza News

Qatar’s prime minister in US for Gaza truce negotiations | Israel War on Gaza News

NewsFeed Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, is in Washington, DC, to meet with top US officials. In an interview with the Atlantic Council, he discussed where negotiations stand for a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war and the push for the release of captives. Published…

US, Britain announce sanctions on network that targeted critics of Iran | Politics News

US, Britain announce sanctions on network that targeted critics of Iran | Politics News

The United States and the United Kingdom have imposed sanctions on a network of people who targeted Iranian opposition activists for assassination under Iran’s orders, the US Treasury Department has said. The US Treasury said the network was directed by Iran’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security and put sanctions on…

There is a seismic shift in the Muslim American community | Opinions

There is a seismic shift in the Muslim American community | Opinions

On November 1, less than a month into Israel’s onslaught on Gaza, United States President Joe Biden’s administration announced a national strategy to battle Islamophobia. The move came as anti-Muslim incidents were on the rise nationwide. On October 14, Wadea Al-Fayoume, a six-year-old Palestinian American child, was stabbed to death in…

X blocks Taylor Swift searches: What to know about the viral AI deepfakes | Internet News

X blocks Taylor Swift searches: What to know about the viral AI deepfakes | Internet News

Social media platform X has blocked searches for one of the world’s most popular personalties, Taylor Swift, after explicit artificial intelligence images of the singer-songwriter went viral. The deepfakes flooded several social media sites from Reddit to Facebook. This has renewed calls to strengthen legislation around AI, particularly when it…

Three US service members killed in Jordan drone attack, Biden says | Israel War on Gaza News

Three US service members killed in Jordan drone attack, Biden says | Israel War on Gaza News

The US military says three killed, at least 25 others injured in the attack on US forces in northeastern Jordan. Three US service members have been killed and at least 25 others wounded in a drone attack in northeast Jordan near the Syrian border, the United States military has said….

Why, as a Palestinian American journalist, I had to leave the news industry | Israel War on Gaza

Why, as a Palestinian American journalist, I had to leave the news industry | Israel War on Gaza

I was listening to a lecture at my local mosque when it suddenly felt like the imam was speaking directly to me. He was interpreting a few verses from the Quran. As he approached the sixth verse in the chapter and began to explain its meaning, my heart began to…

UNRWA funding cuts condemned as ‘collective punishment’ | Israel War on Gaza

UNRWA funding cuts condemned as ‘collective punishment’ | Israel War on Gaza

NewsFeed The UN is urging countries to keep funding UNRWA, its agency for Palestinian refugees, after some of its biggest donors suspended aid donations following accusations by Israel that some staff had been involved in the Oct 7 Hamas attack. Published On 28 Jan 202428 Jan 2024 Check out our…

‘War criminal’: Arab Americans rebuff Biden campaign outreach over Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

‘War criminal’: Arab Americans rebuff Biden campaign outreach over Gaza | Israel War on Gaza News

Arab Americans are angry. And they let United States President Joe Biden know it when they shunned his campaign manager as she visited Michigan to reach out to their communities this week. Many elected Arab-American officials, including municipal leaders and state legislators, declined to meet with Julie Chavez Rodriguez, arguing…